Learning to Love by Thomas Merton

Author:Thomas Merton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1997-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

Yesterday it got cold in the afternoon. Rain, sleet, snow. I walked in the woods, came home, built a fire, made tea, read a good urbane book of Viscount [John Julius] Norwich on Athos [Mount Athos (New York, 1966)]. He thinks Athos is in hopeless shape and doomed to end completely. I suppose he is right.

February 4, 1967

Finished Ishi. A moving book. The best and the worst in America comes out in it. The furious stupidity and violence of vigilantes and the warm, touching friendliness of scholars. And Ishi who is the “real America” – at least who has the valid claim to be the America that was created natural.

Had to go to town yesterday. A disappointing day. Dr. Mitchell will operate on my bursitis at the end of the month. Had lunch and sat around at Tommie O’Callaghan’s – worrying about Dan Walsh and her own relatives in trouble etc. Hoped to get in touch with M. but couldn’t, and I do see that it is time to stop fooling, finally, with letters and phone calls. Should have stopped months ago.

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